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Lewis Grotelueschen's avatar

Absolutely love the Mallory McMorrow speech. Love the hyper-aggressive decency. I think Democrats could make this a theme. For example, one of the leading candidates for governor in my state of Nebraska made a fortune raising huge numbers of hogs. His workforce included large numbers of Hispanic immigrants, both legal and illegal. (Of course he claims he never "knowingly" hired any illegal immigrants.) But in his advertising he is aggressively anti-immigrant, never uttering a kind word or acknowledging the humanity of immigrants, legal or illegal. Surely a McMorrow-esque attack could be constructed from these facts. What type of man makes millions on the backs of immigrants, and then aggressively attacks their political interests?

On a side note, I've noticed a subtle shift in the meaning of the word "liberal" in this election cycle. One of the three leading candidates for the Republican nomination for Governor is being attacked as a "liberal." I think this is being interpreted by the electorate as making the charge that he is not sufficiently Trumpy and not that he is deficient on tax policy or some other issue. Interestingly, this candidate seems to be rising in the polls and as of now, may be tied for first.

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JF's avatar

“Hyper-aggressive decency”. I’m running with that! Thanks! Opposition to today’s Republican agenda needs to be less defensive as is the recent reflex, and instead claim a position with strength and assertiveness.

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